The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-19
A FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT,
Letting the T. P. & W. Company Down
Easily.

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New YORK, Aug. 18.-The elevator
in building on Mercer street fell
this morning from the third floor to
the basement with load of eighteen
women and girls. The safety catches
on the elevator failed to work, and
when the conveyance crashed into the
basement the occupants had nearly
all tainted and piled on each other in
fearful confusion. Mrs. Jane Lynch,
aged 55, was crushed to death. The
elevator boy, O'Neill, had bis back
broken and will die. A dozen Others
are injured, but not fatally.
A RAILROAD STRIKE.
CRY OF MEXICO, Aug. 1S.-The
strike on the Mexican Central road
seriously interferes with the running
of trains, about fifty engineers having
left their locomotives with their fire.
men. The officials of the road are
hiring all the competent men that
can be found. Freight will be kept
back from the United States until
the freight engines can be manned.
THE LABOR CONVENTION.
SYRACUSE, Aug. Is. - When the
united labor convention reassembled
this morning the committee on Gre
dentials made a report. The COM
mittee had been in session all night
and had lively time. In most all
cases they reported in favor of set
ting aside certain delegates. This
shows that the socialistic element re-
ceived but little attention from the
committees.
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
ALLIANCE, Ohio, Aug. 18.-The ex-
press train which left Chicago yester
day afternoon on the Fort Wayne
road jumped the track this morning
near here. A colored porter named
Warner crushed TO death. J. l..
Mahoney of Detroit, w. II. Dennis
ten of Pittsburg, Geo. Lanson of
Washington and w. A. Mccoy of
Pittsburg were seriously and perhaps
fatally wounded, the other passengers
being badly shaken up.
VERY MILD VERDICT.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1S.-The NeIcs'
Chatswortb special says: The eoro-
ner's jury have agreed on a verdict
regarding the big wreck this morn
ing, which holds Timothy Coughlin,
section foreman, to appear before the
grand jury and negatively exonerates
the railroad company. The company
is not censured for running double
headers, for lax system of track in
spection, or for anything else. The
verdict simply says the failure to pa
troll the track for six hours before the
train came along and the habit of
burning grass close to the track
are fit subjects for criticism.
SHARPE STILL SHAKING.
New YORK, Aug. 1S.-Jacob Shape
had q violent chill this morning At
8 o'clock he was resting quietly and
appeared better. Before 1870, how
ever, the old man had another chill.
Three physicians and all Of his family
were summoned to his beside.
TO BE D3IvES BACK.
DENVER, Aug. 1S.-The cattlemen,
who now have their herds going
north on the great cattle trail, have
decided upon move which will face
about 5000 head now on the trail
and drive them back into Texas.
The reason for so doing is because
there is absolutely no market for the
cattle. The meeting at which this
decision was arrived at was held In
the rooms of the Cattle Growers asso-
citation. OF the cattle now on the
trail 10000 head have already entered
Wyoming and $4,000 are near the A.
kansas river.
For fourteen years the cattlemen
have used the trail to northern mar
kets without a seasons intermission,
and many millions of dollars worth
of cattle have passed over it.
The trail begins 300 miles south of
Fort Worth and takes straight line
to Wyoming, entering Colorado
near West Las Animas. The trail
was established in 1868, and the cow
boys had to fight their way through
hostile bands of Indians for the first
few years. Last year 100000 cattle
were driven over the trail; this year
but 10000 have started, and two
thirds of these are being turned back.
Fort Worth men declare the act dis
astrous, and the result of the failure
to get the cattle to market will have
the effect of putting S2,000,9O0 worth
of beef back into Texas, which is al
ready overstocked, thus driving prices
down to ruinous figures.
The cowboys will have to establish
packing houses to do their own kill
ing, and make their own shipments.
The trail has gradually been growing
narrower, until last year it was but
4 three miles wide and NOW this has